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People

Short pages on people who appear across the Garden: the founders, poets and scholars of the three subjects. Each says what is known, cites its sources, and says where the record is thin. They are not full biographies.

1 min read · Updated 11 November 2026 · Last checked 11 November 2026

Epicureanism #

Epicurus 341–270 BCE
Founder of the Garden.
Lucretius first century BCE
Poet of On the Nature of Things.
Philodemus of Gadara c. 110 – c. 30 BCE
Epicurean philosopher and poet.
Diogenes of Oenoanda first half of the 2nd century CE
Carver of Epicureanism on a wall.
Poggio Bracciolini 1380–1459
Finder of the Lucretius manuscript.
Pierre Gassendi 1592–1655
Reviver of Epicurean atomism.

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Paganism #

Iolo Morganwg 1747–1826
Inventor of the Gorsedd of the Bards.
Margaret Murray 1863–1963
Egyptologist and author of the witch-cult theory.
Gerald Gardner 1884–1964
Founder of Wicca.
Doreen Valiente 1922–1999
Wiccan priestess and writer.
Ross Nichols 1902–1975
Founder of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids.

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Shinrin-Yoku #

Roger Ulrich
Researcher on views of nature.
Qing Li
Researcher on forest bathing and immune markers.
Yoshifumi Miyazaki
Researcher on forest therapy.

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